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var text1      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Seal of Legend</strong><br />Photo by Mark Stevens,<br />British Divers Marine Life Rescue.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />The British Isles, Scotland, and Ireland are the legendary home of the Selkies, the half-human sealfolk who dwell both on land and in the sea. No one who has heard the call of an infant common seal for its mother can doubt that they have heard an echo of a human child's cry. But that was not the reason the 1970 Conservation of Seals Act only limited killing seals during the birthing time. The concern was that they would be made extinct through over-harvesting the pups for their skins.</p>";
var text2      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Trap of Death</strong><br />Photo courtesy Alan Knight,<br />International Animal Rescue.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />The Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV) epidemics of 1988 and 2002 have reduced the common seal population considerably, but traps such as these can be equally lethal. As many as 30 seals have been found in a single baited trap, set by aquaculture interests. Not for harvest, but for 'control'.</p>";
var text3      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>A Lucky One</strong><br />Photo courtesy Alan Knight,<br />International Animal Rescue.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />Less elaborate traps involve nearly invisible monofilament nets, designed to ensnare and strangle or drown a seal venturing too close to a salmon farm, even if it's only chasing herring. This animal was lucky, and will carry a scar but may be no wiser next time.</p>";
var text4      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>No Shotguns, Please!</strong><br />Photo courtesy Alan Knight,<br />International Animal Rescue.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />Aside from the minor inconvenience of having to put fishing gear near a nursery beach if they wish to shoot a harbor seal during the pupping season, UK shooters apparently need only do the deed with specified rifles to be legal. The sole successful prosecution to date of a seal killing in the UK was for using a shotgun instead of a rifle.</p>";
var text5      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Orkney Kill</strong><br />Photo courtesy Ross Flett,<br />Orkney Seal Rescue.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />While the term 'harvest' clearly indicates hunting for economic gain, the terms 'manage' and 'cull' are more opaque, and can simply mean indiscriminate shooting such as seen in South Ronaldsay. Rescue centres report that seals have also been fed fish with distress flares and razors inside.</p>";